EP2504910A1 - Switching mode power supply comprising asynchronous limiter circuit - Google Patents
Switching mode power supply comprising asynchronous limiter circuitInfo
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- EP2504910A1 EP2504910A1 EP10782264A EP10782264A EP2504910A1 EP 2504910 A1 EP2504910 A1 EP 2504910A1 EP 10782264 A EP10782264 A EP 10782264A EP 10782264 A EP10782264 A EP 10782264A EP 2504910 A1 EP2504910 A1 EP 2504910A1
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
- H02M—APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION BETWEEN AC AND AC, BETWEEN AC AND DC, OR BETWEEN DC AND DC, AND FOR USE WITH MAINS OR SIMILAR POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; CONVERSION OF DC OR AC INPUT POWER INTO SURGE OUTPUT POWER; CONTROL OR REGULATION THEREOF
- H02M3/00—Conversion of dc power input into dc power output
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- H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
- H02M—APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION BETWEEN AC AND AC, BETWEEN AC AND DC, OR BETWEEN DC AND DC, AND FOR USE WITH MAINS OR SIMILAR POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; CONVERSION OF DC OR AC INPUT POWER INTO SURGE OUTPUT POWER; CONTROL OR REGULATION THEREOF
- H02M3/00—Conversion of dc power input into dc power output
- H02M3/02—Conversion of dc power input into dc power output without intermediate conversion into ac
- H02M3/04—Conversion of dc power input into dc power output without intermediate conversion into ac by static converters
- H02M3/06—Conversion of dc power input into dc power output without intermediate conversion into ac by static converters using resistors or capacitors, e.g. potential divider
- H02M3/07—Conversion of dc power input into dc power output without intermediate conversion into ac by static converters using resistors or capacitors, e.g. potential divider using capacitors charged and discharged alternately by semiconductor devices with control electrode, e.g. charge pumps
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Definitions
- the present invention relates to switching mode power supply devices wherein at least a portion of the control circuit of which is embodied on an integrated circuit.
- Integrated circuits are usually in the form of rectangular casings equipped on one or several sides or on one of their surfaces, with pins which make it possible to establish electrical connections with a circuit that is external to the casing, for example a power source or a load circuit.
- the casing encloses a silicon chip comprising integrated components such as for example transistors or diodes. These integrated components are connected to their external environment via an assembly of connections, such as metallic tracks or connecting wires of all kinds.
- connecting member is used to designate the assembly of connections that ensure the electric connection between an input and/or output of an integrated component of the chip and a circuit or component external to the casing.
- This connecting member comprises the connection between the input and/or output of the integrated component and the corresponding connecting pad on the silicon chip, the connection between the connecting pad and the corresponding pin of the casing and the connection between the casing pin and the circuit or external component.
- a connecting member may be modelized as an inductance L p mounted in series with a resistance R p as shown in fig.l.
- the inductance value L is of the order of a few nanohenries (nH) and the resistance value R is of around a hundred milliohms (mQ) .
- the connecting member thus serves as a direct current source when the voltage at its terminals varies.
- This switching mode power supply comprises a p- channel MOS power transistor, referenced PI, series- mounted with an n-channel MOS power transistor, referenced Nl, between a positive supply terminal VDD and a negative supply terminal GND of an external supply circuit.
- Power transistors PI and Nl are made on the silicon chip of an integrated circuit CI. They are connected to the terminals VDD and GND via connecting members modeled as a parasitic inductance in series with a parasitic resistance. More particularly, the source of the transistor PI is connected to the terminal VDD via a connecting member CN1 and the source of transistor Nl is connected to the terminal GND via a connecting member CN2.
- transistors PI and Nl are connected to a first end of an external inductance L via a connecting member CN3, the other end of the inductance L being connected to an external load circuit comprising a load resistance R L parallel-mounted with a load capacitor C L .
- transistors PI and Nl operate in switching mode to generate a voltage VS at the load circuit terminals, which voltage VS is lower than voltage VDD.
- Transistors PI and Nl are controlled by substantially identical control signals.
- the power transistors PI and Nl have their source and drain connected to connecting members. These connecting members create overvoltages at transistors PI and Nl when they are switching, as illustrated in figs. 3 and 4.
- Fig.3 shows two curves:
- a first curve represents the voltage, referenced VS p i, on the source of transistor PI
- a second curve represents the voltage, referenced VSNI, on the source of transistor Nl .
- Fig.4 shows a curve representing the voltage, referenced VD p i, on the drain of the transistor PI and transistor Nl .
- voltage instabilities VS P i, VS N i and VD P i appear during the switching of transistors PI and Nl .
- These instabilities are particularly due to parasitic inductances and resistances of the connecting members which serve as sources of direct current at the instant the transistors Nl and PI switch.
- These instabilities thus create overvoltages between the drain and the source of transistors PI and Nl, leading to their weakening. As illustrated in figs. 3 and 4, these overvoltages can reach 9 volts for transistor PI during its switching from the on-state to off-state.
- Another solution consists in replacing each power transistor PI and Nl by a plurality of parallel-mounted power transistors, for example a small transistor, an average transistor and a transistor of larger size, and to switch them one after the other by starting by the smallest transistor and ending by the largest one, such as to gradually make the current crossing the parasitic inductance of the connecting members vary.
- a plurality of parallel-mounted power transistors for example a small transistor, an average transistor and a transistor of larger size
- An object of the present invention is to propose another solution without the aforementioned drawbacks.
- a reduction in the current variation of the connecting members is proposed, when the device power transistors switch in order to maintain the drain-source voltage of the power transistors below a predetermined threshold value when they switch.
- the object of the invention is a switching mode power supply device, such as a buck-type DC-DC voltage converter or a charge pump, comprising at least one MOS power transistor made on an integrated circuit and operating in switching mode, the drain and the source of said MOS power transistor being connected, via connecting members having a non-null inductance, to one or several external circuits to said integrated circuit, characterized in that it further comprises a limiter circuit able to limit the current variations in at least one of said connecting members during the switching of said MOS power transistor.
- a switching mode power supply device such as a buck-type DC-DC voltage converter or a charge pump
- the limiter circuit is mounted between the drain and the source of the MOS power transistor.
- the limiter circuit is only active during the switching of the power transistor.
- the power transistor is a p-channel transistor and the limiter circuit comprises:
- a resistance series mounted with a capacitor between the source and the drain of the power transistor, the source of the power transistor being connected to a first terminal of the resistance and the drain of the power transistor being connected to a first terminal of the capacitor, at least one p-channel MOS transistor having its gate connected to an intermediate point between said resistance and said capacitor, its drain connected to the drain of the MOS power transistor and its source connected to the source of the MOS power transistor.
- this limiter circuit advantageously further comprises a second p-channel MOS transistor mounted between the drain of said first transistor and the drain of the power transistor, the source of said second transistor being connected to the drain of the first transistor and the drain and gate of said second transistor being connected to the drain of the MOS power transistor.
- the power transistor is an n-channel transistor and the limiter circuit comprises:
- a resistance mounted in series with a capacitor between the source and drain of the power transistor, the source of the power transistor being connected to a first terminal of the resistance and the drain of the power transistor being connected to a first terminal of the capacitor,
- At least one first n-channel MOS transistor having its gate connected to an intermediate point between said resistance and said capacitor, its drain connected to the drain of the MOS power transistor and its source connected to the source of the MOS power transistor.
- the limiter circuit advantageously further comprises a second n-channel MOS transistor mounted between the drain of the first transistor and the drain of the power transistor, the source of said second transistor being connected to the drain of the first transistor and the drain and the gate of said second transistor being connected to the drain of the MOS power transistor.
- the present invention also relates to a portable equipment comprising a switching mode power supply device such as defined previously.
- Fig.5 the electric diagram of a buck-type switching mode power supply in accordance with the invention ;
- Fig.10 curves representing the voltage of the drain and the voltage of the gate of a power transistor of the charge pump of fig.9;
- Fig.11 curves representing the currents circulating through transistors of the charge pump of fig.9.
- the invention is described for two types of switching mode power supplies: a buck-type DC/DC voltage converter and a negative charge pump circuit.
- switching mode power supplies comprising at least one power transistor operating in switching mode and having its drain and its source connected to connecting members comprising a non- null parasitic inductance.
- Fig.4 represents the electric diagram of a buck-type DC/DC voltage converter in accordance with the invention. With respect to the converter illustrated in fig.2, it further comprises a limiter circuit able to limit the current variations in the connecting members CN1, CN2 and CN3 during the switching of transistors PI and Nl .
- This circuit is mounted between the drain and the source of the transistor PI and enables to maintain the drain- source voltage of transistor PI below a threshold value during the switching of transistors PI and Nl .
- This limiter circuit comprises two p-channel MOS transistors, referenced P2 and P3, mounted in series between the source and the drain of transistor PI.
- the source and the drain of the transistor P2 are connected respectively to the source of transistor PI and to the source of transistor P3.
- the drain and gate of transistor P3 are connected to the drain of transistor PI.
- a resistance Rl is series-mounted with a capacitor CI between the source and the drain of transistor PI.
- the resistance Rl is mounted between the source and the gate of transistor P2 and the capacitor CI is mounted between the gate of transistor P2 and the drain of transistor P3.
- Fig.7 shows the currents, referenced I P i, I N i and I P2 , flowing respectively through transistors PI, Nl and P2.
- Fig.8 to be compared to figs. 3 and 4, represents the voltages VS P i, VS N i and VD P i in the circuit of fig.5.
- transistor PI is switched before the transistor Nl in order to prevent a short-circuit current between VDD and GND at the instant the transistor Nl starts conducting.
- transistor PI gradually opens (gate voltage VG p i increases)
- the gate voltage VG P 2 of transistor P2 decreases.
- the latter provides the current I p2 to inductance L and to the load circuit during the switching of transistors PI and Nl .
- the presence of such a current makes it possible to prevent the discontinuities or the too rapid variations of current flowing through the connecting members CN1, CN2 and CN3 of the circuit, thus, leading to limiting the overvoltages at the drain source voltage of power transistors PI and Nl .
- this circuit arrangement enables to maintain the drain source voltage of transistors PI and Nl below 6 volts.
- the reaction time of the limiter circuit can be adjusted by acting on the values of resistance Rl and capacitor CI.
- the limiter circuit advantageously comprises two series-mounted MOS transistors as in the present case, in order to spread over these two transistors the drain-source voltage of transistor PI and to increase the robustness of the limiter circuit.
- Fig.9 represents the electric diagram of a negative charge pump in accordance with the invention.
- the charge pump comprises a first stage for charging a capacitor CF with a first charge voltage Vdd and a second stage for, after disconnection of the first stage, providing the inverse voltage -Vdd to a load circuit.
- Both stages are constituted of MOS power transistors made on an integrated circuit CI'.
- the capacitor CF and the load circuit are external to the integrated circuit CI'.
- the transistors of the integrated circuit are connected, via connecting members, to external supply terminals VDD and GND, able to provide the charge voltage vdd .
- the first stage comprises a p-channel MOS power transistor, referenced P10, having its source connected to the supply terminal VDD via a connecting member CN10 and its drain connected to a first terminal of the external capacitor CF via a connecting member CN11.
- the first stage also comprises an n-channel MOS power transistor, referenced N10, having its source connected to the supply terminal GND via a connecting member CN12 and its drain connected to a second terminal of the external capacitor CF via a connecting member CN13.
- the second stage comprises an n-channel MOS power transistor, referenced Nil, having its drain connected to the drain of the transistor P10 and its source connected to the supply terminal GND via the connecting member CN12 or another connecting member.
- the second stage also comprises an n-channel MOS power transistor, referenced N12, having its drain connected to the drain of the transistor N10 and its source connected to the external load circuit via a connecting member CN14.
- the load circuit is modeled by a storage capacitor C L' mounted parallel to a load resistance R L' .
- this charge pump is completed by a limiter circuit able to limit the current variations within the connecting members when the transistor Nil switches.
- This limiter circuit is mounted between the drain and the source of transistor Nil and enables to maintain the drain-source voltage of the transistor Nil below a threshold value when it changes states .
- This limiter circuit comprises two n-channel MOS transistors N13 and N14, mounted in series between the source and the drain of the transistor Nil.
- the source and the drain of transistor N13 are connected respectively to the source of transistor Nil and to the source of the transistor N14.
- the drain and gate of transistor N14 are connected to the drain of transistor Nil.
- a resistance R2 is mounted in series with a capacitor C2 between the source and the drain of transistor Nil.
- the resistance R2 is mounted between the source and the gate of transistor N13 and the capacitor C2 is mounted between the gate of transistor N13 and the drain of transistor N14.
- Fig.10 represents the voltage, referenced VD N n, on the drain of the transistor Nil and the voltage, referenced VS N n, on the source of the transistor Nil.
- Fig.11 represents the currents, referenced INI I , INI 2 and INI3, flowing respectively through the transistors Nil, N12 and N13.
- the limiter circuit enables to limit the overvoltages between the drain and the source of the power transistor Nil at the instant it stops conducting (switching to the off-state) of the transistors Nil and N12.
- the current I N i 3 pass through the transistors N13 and N14. The result is that the current variations in the connecting members CN11 and CN12 are reduced during this phase.
- the limiter circuit is completely asynchronous with respect to the rest of the control circuit of the switching mode power supply and is triggered autonomously. Furthermore, it is only triggered off during switching of the power transistors. Thus, it is only active during these switching phases. In addition, when it is active, there is no current loss as the current crossing it is supplied to the load circuit.
- Such a limiter circuit may be set-up in all types of switching mode power supplies comprising power transistors operating in switching mode and is advantageously mounted between the drain and the source of the power transistor undergoing the strongest overvoltages during switching. If the switching mode power supply comprises several power transistors undergoing strong overvoltages, it is possible to provide a limiter circuit for each one of them.
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